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  2. Networking hardware - Wikipedia

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    Networking hardware, also known as network equipment or computer networking devices, are electronic devices that are required for communication and interaction between devices on a computer network. Specifically, they mediate data transmission in a computer network. [ 1 ]

  3. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    ALU—Arithmetic and Logical Unit; AM—Access Method; AM—Active Matrix; AMOLED—Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode; AM—Active Monitor; AM—Allied Mastercomputer; AM—Amplitude Modulation; AMD—Advanced Micro Devices; AMQP—Advanced Message Queuing Protocol; AMR—Audio Modem Riser; ANN—Artificial Neural Network

  4. Network packet - Wikipedia

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    In the seven-layer OSI model of computer networking, packet strictly refers to a protocol data unit at layer 3, the network layer. [2] A data unit at layer 2, the data link layer, is a frame. In layer 4, the transport layer, the data units are segments and datagrams.

  5. Glossary of computer hardware terms - Wikipedia

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    A collection of computers and other devices connected by communications channels, e.g. by Ethernet or wireless networking. network interface controller. Also LAN card or network card. [6] network on a chip (NOC) A computer network on a single semiconductor chip, connecting processing elements, fixed-function hardware, or even memories and caches.

  6. Network interface controller - Wikipedia

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    A network interface controller (NIC, also known as a network interface card, [3] network adapter, LAN adapter and physical network interface [4]) is a computer hardware component that connects a computer to a computer network. [5] Early network interface controllers were commonly implemented on expansion cards that plugged into a computer bus.

  7. Network processor - Wikipedia

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    Intel FWIXP422BB. A network processor is an integrated circuit which has a feature set specifically targeted at the networking application domain.. Network processors are typically software programmable devices and would have generic characteristics similar to general purpose central processing units that are commonly used in many different types of equipment and products.

  8. Data processing unit - Wikipedia

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    A data processing unit (DPU) is a programmable computer processor that tightly integrates a general-purpose CPU with network interface hardware. [1] Sometimes they are called "IPUs" (for "infrastructure processing unit") or "SmartNICs". [ 2 ]

  9. List of information technology initialisms - Wikipedia

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    Network-attached storage Hardware / Storage Computer data storage: NAT: Network Address Translation Internet Layer Cisco Internet Protocol Journal: A look Inside Network Address Translators: NBMA: Non-Broadcast Multiple Access (e.g. Frame Relay ATM) Telecom See ATM, Frame Relay and X.25, for examples. NIC: Network Interface Card Physical layer ...